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Challenge: WIP Updates

WHAT THE HECK AM I WRITING?

Work in Progress Challenge

Scott Roche tagged me with this challenge, and it sounded like fun.

1. What is the title of your Work In Progress?

I’m never really happy with my ability to name fiction. Right now, the working title for it is “Norris Tilney and the Western Wild.”

2. Where did the idea for the WIP come from?

Scott and I came up with a universe a couple of years ago that was steampunk-ish, but magic-based instead of mechanics/clockwork-based. I really liked the character that came out of that – Norris Tilney, and wanted to do more with him. Add to that the weird western stuff I’ve been doing, and this kind of fell together.

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GSG NaNoWriMo Podcast 2012 – The Collective

Are you a podcaster and a fan of NaNoWriMo? Would you like to help with this year’s annual GSG NaNo Gaiden Podcast?

The doors are open for volunteers. Here’s what I need.

First, I need to know that you’re interested. You can do that by leaving me a comment here or by e-mailing me directly at zach at the web address above – madpoetfiles.com. I’m putting up a schedule to let people know what days are taken and what are still available. I’m reserving the right to put up two episodes per week, but if you REALLY want a Monday or a Saturday for some reason, let me know and we’ll work it out.

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Retrenchment challenge counts…

11:26, Friday night. Word count – 2217. I really didn’t think I was going to make that second thousand words happen. Spent the afternoon after work yarn shopping (don’t ask) and going to dinner with friends, and that turned into a long conversation at their place. I had not planned on not getting home until about 10:30, feeling exceptionally sleepy. Maybe even exhausted.

But with a little space and time, I pulled the second thousand out of… my head? I guess?

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Retrenchment Challenge: Are You In?

Ante Up - #AreYouIn?

Content here at MPF has been sparse lately, which is Not A Good Thing.

For the last few months, I’ve been working on a project at the Day Job that was taking a lot of my creative energy – involved a LOT of technical writing, legal consideration, and… you know what? Doesn’t matter. I was busy. Really freaky busy. Yes, yes. I know my Goodreads profile says something about my available time for the last few months.

So now it’s time to reclaim some of that time from the sweet, sweet Kindle-powered content consumption, and start plowing that back toward content CREATION.

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